#BBB455#BBB455

#BBB455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB455
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -10.10, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 49.63, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0304 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.118 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.4556, 43.8644, 15.0335)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB455 #555CBB

analogous

#BB8155 #BBB455 #8FBB55

triadic

#BBB455 #55BBB4 #B455BB

tetradic

#BBB455 #55BB81 #555CBB #BB558F

square

#BBB455 #55BB81 #555CBB #BB558F

split-complementary

#BBB455 #558FBB #8155BB

monochromatic

#6B662B #97903C #BBB455 #CCC781 #DEDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB455

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB455	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca88',
    500: '#bbb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb455;
$custom-light: #d2ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75632,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB455

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5ED355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB455

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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